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WeWTF | No Mercy / No Malice
Really? Really?
I've started nine firms and I'm, generously, 3-4-2 (win-lose-tie). In retrospect, an...
Greg Linden
An amusing take on WeWork. My favorite part: "Adam owns 10 buildings, several that he leased to WeWTF at a handsome profit ... YOU. CAN’T. MAKE. THIS. SH*T. UP."
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Greg Linden
Am amusing take on WeWork
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Judge orders Georgia to switch to paper ballots for 2020 elections
Judge finds several serious flaws with Georgia's current election technology.
Amazon offered vendors 'Amazon's Choice' labels in return for ad spending and lower prices
Amazon has previously offered vendors the ability to "bid" for an Amazon’s Choice badge by lowering prices and spending more money on advertising.
UPS has been quietly delivering cargo using self-driving trucks
In partnership with a Chinese startup.
Greg Linden
Current state of self driving, important to note this is a limited trial on a fixed route with good and consistent weather and "a safety driver and an engineer on board who monitor the system"
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Geeky license plate earns hacker $12,000 in parking tickets
A California man's vanity license plate backfires spectacularly.
Major breach found in biometrics system used by banks, UK police and defence firms
Fingerprints, facial recognition and other personal information from Biostar 2 discovered on publicly accessible database
Uber, losing billions, freezes engineering hires
Uber has been burning cash at more than $1 billion per quarter.
Uber imposes engineer hiring freeze as losses mount: Exclusive
The San Francisco-based ride-sharing giant is turning away some job candidates, citing a "hiring freeze."
US trust in scientists is now on par with the military
Confidence in researchers might be on the rise, but concerns about misconduct and potential conflicts of interest remain.
Uber’s no-good, terrible-rotten bad Q2 loses more than $5 billion
Trips were up 35%, revenue was up 14%, and that just makes it worse.
FedEx leaves Amazon on the doorstep as the store becomes a competitor
Amazon's massive business doesn't just compete with other retailers anymore.
Uber and Lyft finally admit they’re making traffic congestion worse in cities
Ride-hailing accounts for up to 14 percent of vehicle miles traveled in some cities, according to a study commissioned by Uber and Lyft.
Greg Linden
"As Uber & Lyft add to city traffic, lose $billions, and undermine transit, we need to ask ourselves what transportation problems they solve ... They are convenient cabs, not the transportation revolution they promised.”
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Apple and Google temporarily stop listening to Siri and OK Google queries
Apple will eventually resume human reviews, but only if customers opt in.
Disney’s new streaming bundle priced to compete with “standard” Netflix plan
It's the same price as Netflix's 1080p streaming option, which went up in January.
Microsoft catches Russian state hackers using IoT devices to breach networks
Fancy Bear servers are communicating with compromised devices inside corporate networks.